Drafted out of the University of Southern California in the 2nd Round of the 1985 draft by the Montreal Expos – four picks before the Astros selected Bert Hunter, who never made it to the Majors – Randy Johnson was traded to the Mariners with Gene Harris and Brian Holman for pitcher Mark Langston in May 1989. Less than ten years later, Johnson would be the subject of the most breathless trading deadline in Astros history. This is the story of how the trade market for Randy Johnson unfolded.
From 1990-1997, Johnson was 114-55 with a 3.24 ERA/1.23 WHIP and a 135 ERA+ with five All-Star appearances for Seattle. He struck out 10.7 batters per nine innings, and won 18+ games three times. In his Age 31 season, in 1995, Johnson went 18-2 with a 2.48 ERA, 294 strikeouts, 193 ERA+, 1.05 WHIP, 6.7 Hits/9inn, 0.5 HR/9inn, 12.3 K/9inn, and a 4.52 K:BB ratio – all of which led the American League. He received 26 of 28 first-place votes (Cleveland's Jose Mesa got the other two first-place votes after recording 46 saves and a 1.13 ERA) in the American League Cy Young balloting.
In 1996, Johnson needed back surgery and would only make eight starts, with six August appearances in relief before pitching his final game of the season on August 24. He was 32 years old.
Johnson would come back from back surgery in 1997 and go 20-4, becoming the Mariners' first-ever 20-game winner. He threw 213IP, with a 2.28 ERA/1.05 WHIP and 12.3 strikeouts per nine innings – matching his K/9 rate from 1995 before back surgery. He missed the final four starts of the season due to an injured finger, which allowed Roger Clemens to surge ahead of Johnson for the AL Cy Young award with a 21-7 record and a 2.05 ERA/1.03 WHIP. Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte finished 5th in the voting after going 18-7 with a 2.88 ERA/1.24 WHIP in his third Major-League season, a season after leading the AL with 21 wins and finishing 2nd in the AL Cy Young voting.
Johnson would be a free agent following the 1998 season, and the Mariners knew Johnson would be seeking a contract similar to what Atlanta gave Greg Maddux in August 1997 – 5yrs/$57.5m.
The Mariners announce they will not be offering him an extension beyond his deal that would pay him $6m in 1998. It didn't go over so well with Johnson or his agents Barry Meister and Alan Nero.
If they have no interest in signing him beyond next year, it's probably best to move him for value so he can get on with his march toward the Hall of Fame with a club that wants him…My preference is that my client be somewhere where he's happy, productive and wanted.
The only decision we've made at this time is we're not going to talk about an extension for 1998. Extending his contract beyond 1998 is not something prudent for us to do at this time. (GM) Woody (Woodward) is not shopping Randy Johnson but, if other teams want to talk about it, he'll listen.
Randy Johnson is officially on the block, and teams are lining up.
The Astros are coming off an 84-78 season, which was good enough to win the NL Central (and a 3rd-place finish for Larry Dierker for NL Manager of the Year), but not good enough to win a single NLDS game against the Braves. They trade Manuel Barrios, Oscar Henriquez and Mark Johnson to the Marlins for 30-year old Moises Alou on November 11. The Astros extend GM Gerry Hunsicker and Dierker through the 1999 season.
I'm pretty excited and ready for next year. This extension just gets me a little closer to that new stadium and that really has me excited.
Meanwhile in Houston, there is concern regarding what to do about Darryl Kile. The 28-year old RHP was coming off a 19-7 season, with a 2.57 ERA/1.18 WHIP in which he faced a league-leading 1056 batters. He threw six complete games, four of them shutouts, was a 1997 All-Star and finished 5th in the Cy Young voting. The Astros want to keep their payroll near $33m for 1998, and already have $13.2m committed to Bagwell and Biggio.
Whatever I decide to do, it's going to come down to more than the highest bidder. If I decide to stay in Houston, I know I'll probably have to take a little less. I put a lot of sweat into that team and I have a lot of friends. It would not be easy for me to walk away.
The New York Times' Buster Olney writes that the Mets are in on Randy Johnson, starting a package around 27-year old pitcher Bobby Jones, who had just gone 15-9 with a 3.63 ERA/1.24 WHIP – both of which would be career-highs.
The Mets have made an offer for a Seattle player, said Mets General Manager Steve Phillips, who did not mention Johnson by name. But another club official said that the player is Johnson and that the Mets believe they have a legitimate chance at landing the left-hander.
Not content to let the Mets have all the fun, Olney reports that not only are the Yankees in on Johnson, but they had already made an offer that was rebuffed because of Seattle's desire for a starting pitcher.
The Yankees reportedly offered Mariano Rivera for Johnson but were turned down, because of Seattle's need for a starting pitcher. Bob Watson, the Yankees' general manager, denied that report and said he was sensing that the Mariners' position on (trading) Johnson may change.
A New York Times report says that the Mets and Mariners are "bogged down" after they can't come to any sort of agreement on the players involved in a Randy Johnson trade. Despite Bobby Jones' inclusion in a package, Mariners general manager Woody Woodward tells colleagues he "does not see any star potential" in the Mets' offer.
Wire Reports confirm the Yankees and Mets interest in Johnson, and report that the Mariners balked at a package that included Mariano Rivera, 25-year old pitcher Ramiro Mendoza and 24-year old minor-league outfielder Ricky Ledee, because they want Andy Pettitte in a deal.
The Yankees can't trade Pettitte, but they've got to give the Mariners Rivera, Ledee and Mendoza and get on with it. They've got to make that trade.
Wire Reports discover a rift between Yankees GM Bob Watson and Steinbrenner after Watson claims Steinbrenner "cut him out" of the Johnson talks, and other major free agent deals.
The Colorado Rockies win a bidding war for Darryl Kile, signing him to a 3yr/$24m deal, making Kile the 4th-highest paid pitcher in baseball. The Astros maintain that they had offered Kile a 3yr/$21m deal.
Darryl didn't want the option year and those things. He told them three weeks ago, 'If you guys change it to a signing bonus of $3 million and then three years at $6 million, we'll sign it.
I've got a lot of unanswered questions about it myself. I would like to sit down with Jeff and Darryl, too, to see what happened. I've always been in Darryl's corner...There appeared to be a sense of urgency on their part and I'm not sure why. We conferred and there were several different offers and every time we upped the offer.
We went farther than we really could. That's the really frustrating part. Then to lose Darryl and on top of that have (Bagwell's complaint).
We all talked about Randy's situation, and everyone wanted to extend him. It wasn't a question of his ability, just dollars and cents. I know ownership anguished about the decision. You've got to be realistic about payroll. There are constraints, there are limits.
That report says that, while nothing seems imminent, Woodward continues to talk to three teams about a Johnson trade.
I have as good a relationship with Woody Woodward and Lou Piniella as anyone in baseball, but they shouldn't try to make the old man look bad.
The Astros trade reliever John Hudek for 26-year old outfielder Carl Everett.
(The Mariners) are asking for a lot. With (the Yankees), they are asking for a couple of players and the Statue of Liberty. And Cleveland, they are asking for a couple of players and Jacobs Field. That's not going to happen. Teams know I am not going to be there after next year. Why not wait a year, and they know they can get me? I mean, they are trying to get Andy Pettitte. Well, keep Andy Pettitte because I will be there a year from now in a possible scenario. If I had my wish, I would have already been traded by now. It is an uncomfortable situation knowing I am not going to be there beyond next year.
The calendar turns to 1998 and the rumors are renewed. An Associated Press article says 22-year old shortstop Alex Rodriguez heard a rumor that he and Johnson would be traded to New York for Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez and David Wells.
There have been some trade discussions, but nothing is ready to happen. I wouldn't mind having another inexpensive pitcher, and we are certainly open to talk about Randy Johnson. I will leave it at that.
The Associated Press mentions a Seattle Times report that the Mariners are talking about a deal that would send Johnson to the Dodgers for three players, including 24-year old Ismael Valdez who, at the time, was 41-30 in 3+ seasons for LA with a 3.03 ERA/1.14 WHIP and was a year removed from a 15-7 season. In 1997, Valdez went 10-11, but with a 2.65 ERA/1.11 WHIP for LA.
I wouldn't term anything there close in any way. Very frankly, I don't expect to make a trade with the Mariners or any significant move before the start of Spring Training.
The key words for me are that we 'aren't close.' We have talked to the Dodgers, among other clubs, since the holidays. I won't get into names that we've talked about.
They're still insisting on their original package. Our position has not changed.
The Astros agree on one-year contracts with a number of players, including Carlos Guillen and Freddy Garcia.
(It's) like me telling my wife I want a divorce and not leaving…I'm just disappointed with everything that's happened here…I have legitimate reasons to be upset, but I'm trying to be the bigger man here. I'm a professional, I've worked hard to get back to this level after back surgery. I feel a little slighted. I brought a lot to the table for the Mariners, and I haven't got the same back from them.
(Not related to this discussion, but of note, the Astros on February 25 hold an impromptu fund-raiser to benefit the families of a tornado that killed 38 people 200 yards from the Astros Spring Training complex in Kissimmee the day before).
Somebody tell Randy Johnson to shut up and pitch….He's upset the Mariners refuse to give a pitcher who will be 35 in September and has a history of back problems an extension that would likely be worth $10 million or more per season….Maybe the Mariners will look as stupid as the Astros did when they let Nolan Ryan get away or the Red Sox when they failed to re-sign Roger Clemens. That's not the point.
Rumors surface that the Astros and Braves are considering a deal that would send 20-game winner Denny Neagle to the Astros for second baseman Craig Biggio to fill the Astros' need for a No. 1 starter in the wake of Darryl Kile's departure.
There may be some logic there - because the Braves are unhappy with their second base situation and the Astros need a No. 1 starter - but it doesn't really add up.
I don't want to talk about that. I'm not going to talk about that kind of stuff, and if any more questions get brought up at all this year, I will not talk to any more media people.
The Mariners open their season with a 10-9 loss to Cleveland. Johnson allows 11H/6R (5ER), 7K:2BB in 5.2IP.
The Astros lose their opener to the Giants, 9-4, in 13 innings.
The Associated Press reports that, while Orioles majority owner Peter Angelos is reluctant to move Roberto Alomar and Rafael Palmeiro, he'll approve a deal if the front office can find a player who will help the Orioles in 1998 and beyond. Baltimore GM Pat Gillick says he's interested in Johnson, but is concerned about his physical status. Orioles officials are convinced that they can't retain Alomar and Palmeiro due to their disenchantment with the last-place team.
The day before, Johnson threw a complete game against Tampa Bay, striking out 15, and lowering his ERA to 6.02 with a 4-3 record. The Mariners, who began the season among the favorites in the American League West, beat Gillick's Orioles on May 25 to improve to 23-27, 8.5 games back in the division.
The Astros are 31-19 after a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers in 10 innings, but are still three games up in the division.
The Associated Press reports that, two weeks after the Dodgers traded Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile to the Marlins for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios, they're on the verge of their second blockbuster deal of the month. The report – from MSNBC – is Randy Johnson for 29-year old Hideo Nomo and a to-be-determined outfielder (possibly Roger Cedeno, Thomas Howard or Trenidad Hubbard) and that the deal could be completed before the end of the day.
While that report swirled, the Mariners "were expected to have" discussions with the Padres about 27-year old starter and former 1st Round pick Joey Hamilton, who was 27-16 in 1996-1997 for the Padres, racking up over 400IP over those two seasons. Thursday's Washington Post says the Orioles are in pursuit of Johnson.
Meanwhile, Randy Johnson's agent – Alan Nero – reiterated his request for a trade. The Mariners tell both Johnson and Nero that they will adhere to the request, but unless he pitched better, there would be no interest. Through his first ten starts, Johnson was 3-3, but with a 6.83 ERA.
The Astros are 32-20, 3.5 games up.
Both the Mariners and Dodgers dismiss the report that a trade with the two teams was imminent, though Dodgers executive vice president Fred Claire says the Mariners made a trade proposal that he turned down.
If somebody comes along and gives us a good deal and fills a couple of needs, we'll make a deal…I don't anticipate any type of deal while the ball club is here in Tampa. There's not a timetable. Would I like to get something done? Certainly.
Meanwhile Buster Olney says that Yankees GM Brian Cashman had two conversations with the Mariners the previous day and would have another that night.
We would like to add if we could, or subtract if need be, to make us a better club…I'm not sure Randy Johnson is available. If he became available, we would have to have some interest because we think a front-line starter would really be a significant addition to this pitching staff. We would be irresponsible not to try to get him.
The AP report says the Orioles will make a trade if the right deal comes along but, for now, Alomar and Palmeiro are staying put.
The feeling of one influential baseball official is that while the Yankees may not have the best single player to dangle for Johnson, they could put together the best package offer: pitcher Ramiro Mendoza and position prospects such as Mike Lowell and Ricky Ledee…The Yankees have depth at third base and in the outfield, making Lowell and Ledee expendable, and the Mariners, an older team with a high payroll, desperately need the infusion of young, cheap players, particularly with Ken Griffey, Jr and Alex Rodriguez due for contract renegotiations in the next few years.
The Dodgers trade Nomo with Brad Clontz to the Mets for Greg McMichael and Dave Mlicki. Nomo was 2-7 for the Dodgers in 1998 with a 5.05 ERA/1.40 WHIP, and his effectiveness had waned with each season in a Dodgers uniform.
After a 5-1 loss at San Diego, the Astros' lead in the NL Central is down to one game.
I can sit here and tell you it's going to get better. I've said that before, but I haven't seen it. The ability's here. Possibly we need to change the mix some.
After a four-game stretch where the Astros are tied with the Cubs, the Astros beat Detroit for the second straight game, and regain their one-game division lead.
Randy Johnson isn't likely to finish the season a Mariner, despite the team's statement to the contrary…He'll be gone, probably before the July 31 trading deadline. And the best time to have made the deal will have been eight months gone…After nearly 10 days of dealing with Johnson, how could the Mariners' front office not have known he was incapable of pitching well here this season knowing the team didn't want him back? His teammates knew back in November. His manager knew. His pitching coach knew.
Johnson is 5-5 with a 5.34 ERA and the Mariners are 2-4 in Johnson's previous six starts. The Astros win the final two games of a four-game series at Cincinnati, and their lead is two games.
It's been a distraction. It's been there all spring and all season. It's a situation that you should be able to play through. But it has been a distraction, no question. In other years we banked on Randy to stop losing streaks and get us in a positive mode, and this year that hasn't happened. That's compounded the problem.
Heading into the rubber game of a series with the A's on June 21, the Mariners are 30-44, 14 games back in the division. The Astros complete a three-game sweep of Cincinnati at the Astrodome, providing a four-game cushion in the division.
Players believe one of the (Mariners) owners yanked Randy Johnson out of the almost-completed Randy Johnson trade with Los Angeles. Why? Executives deny it, but one club official insists the reasoning was simple – the owner didn't want to be known in Northwest social circles as the man who send Johnson packing.
The Mariners are 34-49, 16 games back of the Angels in the division with the third-worst record in the American League. The Astros win their third straight game to push their record to 50-32, leading the NLC by six games.
The Dodgers trade Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes to the Reds for Jeff Shaw. The Yankees become the first team in 86 years to start a season 60-20, and are 32-6 at home.
We've played poorly. We seem to have found ways to lose….One night we lose it defensively. Another night we lose it in the bullpen. You name it, we seem to pick out ways to lose.
No sir, not at all. Should I be?
Randy Johnson and David Segui get into a fight in the clubhouse before Game 99 against the Angels. The Mariners lose, 5-3, to move to 13 games back of Anaheum. The Astros are six games up in the Central.
Randy Johnson, pitching a day after being involved in a clubhouse fight with his teammate David Segui, struck out 15 in his first shutout of the season…Johnson went after Segui after Segui made a remark about him to their teammate Jay Buhner, said Mike Pease of Seattle radio station KJR, a witness. His charge carried the two players into Buhner's locker, where teammates, Manager Lou Piniella and the pitching coach, Stan Williams, broke up the profanity-laced wrestling match.
Because Johnson is capable of dominating in the post-season, some in the Yankees' organization are concerned he could swing the balance in a short series. The Yankees' interest in him would primarily be to prevent him from pitching for another American League contender.
The Astros drop their third straight game at St. Louis, cutting their division lead to four games.
Larry LaRue says that the 16 owners of the Mariners haven't backed off their decision to keep Johnson through the end of the 1998 season, though with the deadline a little over two weeks away, the Indians, Mets, and Dodgers have called about Johnson, but talks have not progressed.
Put it this way, if teams say they're talking about Randy Johnson, they must be talking to themselves.
The decision by owners to pull Johnson off the market a month ago, when general manager Woody Woodward was negotiating a deal with Los Angeles, has handcuffed everyone in the front office…It means Johnson, who scuffled in the clubhouse with David Segui, cannot be traded no matter what the offer – and no matter how badly he or his teammates want a deal made.
Tommy is good at making Tommy look good. If he tells you he's going to get Randy Johnson, he gets good press. If he doesn't make the deal, he can say we backed out and get good press.
On July 14, the Mariners take the second of two games with the Rangers to improve to 41-53, eleven games back in the division.
The Akron Beacon Journal's Terry Pluto has some thoughts on a USA Today report linking 32-year old pitcher Dave Burba and 27-year old outfielder Brian Giles to Seattle for Randy Johnson.
Not gonna happen. You can write that in ink…You don't clean out your farm system for Johnson. You don't even let them talk about Richie Sexson, Enrique Wilson and Willie Martinez – and that supposedly is the type of package that is of interest to the Mariners, who want young, cheap players for Johnson….Burba is a keeper, and trading him for Johnson is an enormous gamble, one that the Tribe hopefully will resist.
The Associated Press' Jim Cour says that Brian Cashman "has acknowledged" talking to Woodward in the last 36 hours, but that they did not discuss Randy Johnson. Meanwhile, an AL official says executives from Cleveland talked about "vague parameters" of a Randy Johnson trade that would include Enrique Wilson and Brian Giles. Woodward denies the conversation, saying he is under orders from Seattle ownership not to talk about Johnson with other teams.
The Rangers trade Warren Morris and Todd Van Poppel to Pittsburgh for Esteban Loaiza.
The Mariners win their sixth game in a row, defeating the Royals 8-5 and pulling to within nine games of Anaheim. The Astros win the second of three games against the Giants, putting them at 57-39, five games up.
Our position is the same as it has been since we announced that we would not be trading Randy and that we were to have no further comments.
Until that June 2 announcement, the Mariners were prepared to trade Johnson to Los Angeles for Ismael Valdes and Wilton Guerrero plus a relief pitcher, or to another team that might have jumped in with a better offer. But the Japanese segment of the club's ownership, who do not intend to sign Johnson, inexplicably yanked him off the market, and he remains in that lame-duck state.
Though he said his chances of landing Johnson or Alomar were too small to even comment on, (Indians General Manager John) Hart is not finished looking for deals.
The Mariners drop the opening game of the series to the Orioles to move to 46-56, 10 games back. The Astros are 61-41, 4.5 games up.
I tried to hold a conversation with my guests and I basically told David Segui, 'Could the stereo be any louder,' kind of sarcastic. He gave me a sarcastic answer as well and I haven't been in the mood to hear that kind of stuff and tempers flared.
On the same day, the New York Times' Jack Curry says Cashman is still calling the Mariners, but they had not responded for two days. Cashman wonders if Johnson is even available in a trade, which is why Cashman floated the idea of a Knoblauch/Alomar trade with the Orioles earlier in the month.
After winning the series with the Orioles, the Mariners lose the opening game of a three-game set with Cleveland. Randy Johnson throws a complete game and strikes out 12, but allows four earned runs on four hits and six walks to fall to 9-10 with a 4.33 ERA.
As he walks off the mound in Seattle after getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the 9th, Johnson - in what could be his final start as a Mariner - grabs the bill of his hat as a show of appreciation to the 31,124 Mariners fans in attendance.
The Astros increase their division lead to 3.5 games after a 7-3 win against the Marlins.
You might be able to trade for him, but only if you give them exactly what they want. They have to have the right deal to move him – and then they still might not do it.
The Times says the Mariners would want Ramiro Mendoza and Mike Lowell, who would hit .304/.355/.535 for Columbus in 1998, but the deal could include Mike Timlin. The report indicates the Yankees "might not be willing to part with two or three prospects."
We'll take him. He'd be a nice pitcher to have down the stretch…I think that's the one piece that we need – to get a left-hander. I think that would be the last ingredient we'd need to get us over the hump and hopefully get us back to the World Series.
I think anybody would love to have Randy Johnson. But I would be surprised if it happened. I really would.
Now, two days before the Trade Deadline, the Indians take the second of three games against Seattle, increasing Cleveland's division lead to 10.5 games.
I know nothing about it. I have no knowledge about it. I think they would let me know.
The Mariners want 29-year old Hideki Irabu who, at the time, was 9-4 with a 3.19 ERA, while the Yankees want Mike Timlin in addition to Johnson.
Before they head into a three-game series against the Yankees, the Mariners get swept by the Indians, losing 9-8 in 17 innings in the series finale while Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 41st homer of the season, tying the AL record for most homers through July 31.
Johnson plays catch before the game but sits on the bench for all 17 innings "with a glum expression on his face." The AP report continues to mention that the Indians, Yankees and Dodgers were still in talks for Johnson.
Prior to Deadline Day, Mariners president Chuck Armstrong says that Seattle is talking with "several teams," - the first public move away from ownership's reluctance to deal Johnson.
The Associated Press' Jim Cour talked to Lou Piniella, who was about to face the Yankees in Seattle. When asked if he knew of anything related to Johnson, Piniella replied, "Not that I know of."
The Indians manager Mike Hargrove, fresh off their sweep of Seattle, talked to GM John Hart and remained hopeful Cleveland could get Johnson, by the end of the 31st but predicted any deal would go down to "the last minute."
Buster Olney says word has leaked out of Seattle that Cleveland - who eliminated the Yankees from the post-season on their way to the World Series - is a primary bidder for Johnson, and represents the "largest obstacle to the Yankees playing in the World Series."
We'll make the best decision based on all the information on the board, and we'll live with it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if Randy winds up anywhere and it's not in Cleveland, then I hope it's in the National League.
The Braves are also now in on Johnson, offering Kevin Millwood. Olney says Cleveland has upped their package to Enrique Wilson and Paul Shuey, as are the Orioles.
The Madison Square Garden sports wire accidentally goes on line to say that the Mariners deal Johnson for Hideki Irabu, Ramiro Mendoza and Homer Bush. They retract the story immediately.
The Giants trade Willie Blair and Jorge Fabregas and cash to the Mets for Nelson Figueroa, Bernard Gilkey, and other, different cash. The Rangers trade Fernando Tatis, Darren Oliver and Mark Little to St. Louis for Royce Clayton and Todd Stottlemyre. The Rangers turn down a deal that would include four-time All-Star Roger Clemens because they don't want to give up Rusty Greer.
Reports surface that the Astros (as well as the Yankees and Indians) are linked to Toronto pitcher Roger Clemens, who wants to be closer to his children.
The Astros spend the deadline day at Pittsburgh, with Mike Hampton getting the series-opening win after throwing 6.2IP, 6H/3ER, 4K:1BB and putting his record at 9-5.
Minutes before the trade deadline, the Astros agree to trade Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen and John Halama (the player to be named later), to the Mariners for Randy Johnson. The Mariners were rebuffed when they asked for Scott Elarton.
Freddy Garcia was just 21 years old and had just made his second start at Triple-A New Orleans at the time of the trade, having gone 6-7 for Double-A Jackson with a 3.24 ERA/1.27 WHIP, with 115 strikeouts in 119.1IP.
26-year old John Halama - the Player to be Named Later - was drafted by the Astros in the 23rd Round of the 1994 draft. In two seasons at New Orleans in 1997-1998, Halama was 25-6 with a 2.84 ERA. He had pitched in six games in Houston prior to the trade, throwing 32.1IP with a 5.85 ERA/1.55 WHIP.
You have only so many chances. When you do have a chance like this, you have to take it. We identified all along our primary need was a No. 1 starter, and we got one of the dominating starters in the game. It's been a long night (of negotiating) and I didn't think we had much of a chance, but we were able to pull it off.
We sacrificed the future for the present.
We heard before the game we were in the running for Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens, but you can't get too excited about it because of the teams that were in it.
We discussed a lot of things with a lot of different clubs, but the price to try to improve at this time was just too high. We like this team and have a great deal of confidence in it.
The Seattle Times' Bob Finnegan offers a post-mortem on the trade, and the Mariners are not happy.
Seattle players feel they were victims of an assault and battery, and their own management people were the guys in the masks. Twelve hours after the neutron news hit, the outrage started a half-life process. Curses were replaced by blank looks, shakes of the head and gallows humor.
Ken Griffey, Jr. couldn't understand how the Mariners could get so little, referring to the Mariners' return as "three kids with no reputations," and says if that's all they could get for Johnson, "They would get a bag of balls if they traded me."
It's hard to believe, but there was very little interest in Randy Johnson…The best deal I had available was two months ago (with the Dodgers, Ismael Valdes, Wilton Guerrero and minor-league pitcher Ted Lilly) and the organization decided not to make it. I'm part of that organization, and I abide by that decision.
Simply, Woodward waited too long…While he dickered with teams over Johnson, there were only two, Cleveland and New York, with whom the Mariners had a prime fit….Woodward's focus was on the Yankees all along. He had a single demand: a pitcher, more likely Hideki Irabu than Ramiro Mendoza, Columbus third baseman Mike Lowell and another minor league player.
Woodward says that the Yankees were the target, and the player they truly wanted was 24-year old minor-league third baseman Mike Lowell, who hit .315/.401/.562 in the Double-A and Triple-A in 1997. Woodward called Lowell a "deal-breaker" if they couldn't get him, though Finnegan reports the Mariners would immediately flip Lowell to the Marlins for second baseman Luis Castillo. The Yankees themselves would trade Lowell to the Marlins the following off-season for Todd Noel, Mark Johnson and Ed Yarnall.
Murray Chass highlights just how crazy the rumors were in the days leading up to the deadline. Rangers GM Doug Melvin said a coach got a call from a friend who heard that Johnson and Mike Timlin were headed to the Yankees for Irabu, Ledee, Lowell and Homer Bush and the Yankees would sign Johnson to a 3yr/$36m extension. A Toronto newspaper had the Blue Jays trading Randy Myers to the Yankees because the Yankees were trading Rivera to the Mariners for Johnson.
The same day the Dodgers designated Hideo Nomo for assignment because he wanted to be traded they presented a three-pronged proposal to the Mariners. Seattle could take one of three pairs of players: Nomo and Ismael Valdes; Nomo and Wilton Guerrero; or Nomo and Roger Cedeno. Had the Mariners' owner not blocked a Johnson trade, the Mariners weren't necessarily going to grab one of the pairs of players. The strategy was to get the Yankees involved and perhaps extract an even better offer from them. Had that failed, the Dodgers' deal still looked attractive.
I think those were gulps you heard around midnight Friday from Atlanta, San Diego and Chicago. Picking up Johnson has to make Houston the favorite. In a (seven-game) series you are going to have to face Randy at least twice, which means you may have to win four games against pitchers like Hampton and Reynolds.
With 15 years of perspective on this deal, we know that Garcia and Guillen became All-Stars, Halama was at worst above average for Seattle, and the trio contributed 33.3 career WAR to the Mariners. We also know that Johnson gave Houston 4.3 WAR in two months (!) and the franchise's only ever 100+ win season, but got them no further in the playoffs than they got without him. So Mariners fans are absolutely justified in feeling they "won" this deal. But 15 years later, even knowing all that, it's still a trade I would absolutely make again. My only regret about the deal is that Johnson didn't re-sign to win his four straight Cy Young awards in Houston rather than in Arizona, but that's always a known risk when you trade for a guy on an expiring contract.
Outstanding work as always, sir.
Totally agree. Even in hindsight knowing that Johnson didn't re-sign with us, I'd make this deal 100 times out of 100. Gave us a legitimate shot that year (although who the hell was gonna beat the Yankees that year anyway?). It's a shame we couldn't beat Kevin f'ing Brown in either of those games. But I'd do it all over again because we had every bit as much of a chance to win the World Series with that team going into the playoffs as we ever have.
Just got a chance to read this. An excellent timeline. That was a fun season, full of promise. The trade for Johnson was as big a 'win' as the Astros have ever put on the board.
I was at the first home game johnson started, the astrodome was zoo that day.
We should have been playing in the World Series against the Yanks. The buzz was electric every time Randy pitched in the dome. Great memories.


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 (né en 1970), joueur américain de football américain
 (1956-2017), chanteur gospel et jazz américain
 (1874-1933), pionnière en médecine anglaise
 (1874-1931), homme d'affaires et politique britannique
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Marques Murrell (né en 1985), joueur américain de football américain et canadien

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New Cruise Line: Carnival Launches Fathom Brand with P&O's Adonia
Our liveblog is here.
Here's the website for Fathom.
And below is the full press release on Carnival Corp.'s exciting new venture:
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Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel and leisure company, today named Tara Russell president of fathom and Global Impact Lead of Carnival Corporation & plc. In this newly created role, Russell will oversee all aspects of fathom, a new brand from Carnival Corporation whose unique business model for sustained impact and lasting development creates a brand with size, scale and global vision that reaches beyond what the world has ever seen.
Carnival Corporation Names Tara Russell to Lead New fathom Brand
Under Russell's direction, fathom will offer travelers unique opportunities to become immersed in another culture, work alongside its people to create enduring, life-changing impact, and build community with like-minded travelers – all on a scale never before seen. As the corporation's Global Impact Lead, she will work with Carnival Corporation's 10 brands on social impact strategies and opportunities. Russell generated the idea and vision for fathom in 2013 and has been working since January 2014 to research, design and develop the brand's business model.
"For years Tara has inspired others leading by example and contributing her talents, expertise and insights to move mountains to create positive social impacts that transform lives and communities," said Arnold Donald, President and CEO of Carnival Corporation. "During the past 18 months, Tara has led a team that has worked hard to develop the impact travel concept, build the fathom vision and design the product, and test and size the market, I can think of no better person to lead this new and exciting initiative."
Russell is a 20-year veteran of the global private and public sectors, and has worked internationally for companies including General Motors, Nike and Intel. At GM, she was chosen to represent Saturn Corporation in the Shanghai GM New Vehicle Build & Launch Project in 1999 in China. Prior to joining the Carnival Corporation family, Russell founded and served as CEO of Create Common Good, a non-profit helping people achieve self-sufficiency and financial independence by providing foodservice job training through a business-to-business food production model.
Previously, Russell was part of the founding team of Jitasa, a global social venture focused on providing affordable financial services to the non-profit industry. She also worked for four years in Thailand, offering pro bono small business development training to non-government organizations, and co-founded NightLight, an international organization that addresses the complex issues surrounding human trafficking and prostitution, including helping women seeking freedom from sexual exploitation.
In 2014, Russell was invited by the World Economic Forum to join its global leader community and to be a Founding Curator for a Global Shapers World Economic Forum Community. She sits on a number of community and advisory boards and has spoken about social enterprise and impact innovation internationally. Russell holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Ma-le'l Dunes CMA
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The Ma-le'l Dune Unit is located south of Lanphere Dunes at the upper end of the North Spit of Humboldt Bay, west of Mad River Slough. A refuge for those looking for a different kind of hiking experience.
Take Young Rd off of Hwy 255 in the northern part of Manila and follow signs.
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NPS Press Release announcing designation of Lanphere and Ma-le'l Dunes as National Natural Landmark. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/01-19-21-doi-designates-national-natural-landmarks-in-california-colorado-west-virginia.htm
The Ma-'e'l Dunes offers a range of recreational opportunities that allow visitors to experience a diverse and dynamic coastal landscape of forests and salt marshes, sand dunes and beaches.
The northern portion of Ma-le'l is part of Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (HBNWR). Trail access is limited pedestrians only. The road to the northern parking lot is closed to vehicles Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in order to provide visitors with more of a "wilderness" experience.
The southern portion of Ma-le'l, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allows for dog walking and equestrian use on designated trails. Please protect natural and cultural resources by observing visitor guidelines.Please Remember these rules and regulations as you explore Ma-le'l Dunes:
The area is open from sunrise to one hour after sunset.
North Ma-le'l entrance road is open to vehicles Friday through Monday. Tuesday through Thursday it is open by walking or biking in from the Ma-le'l South Trailhead parking area.
Dune vegetation is fragile cannot tolerate trampling. Hiking is allowed only on designated trails and in open sandy areas.
Horses are allowed only on designated BLM trails and on the waveslope to protect the fragile dune ecosystems. Please remove manure from the parking area.
Dogs are allowed only on BLM property and must be leashed in the developed recreation sites (parking/picnic area), otherwise dogs are allowed off-leash but under the owner's control at all times.
Firearms are not allowed.
Motorized vehicle use is not allowed.
Overnight camping is not allowed.
To protect rare salt marsh plants, boat launching or landing is not allowed.
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01-15-2019 - Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business suggested and ordered printed.
01-15-2019 - The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS.
01-15-2019 - Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.


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Column: Not An Art Critic
Market Theatre
Covid-19: Interviews with art business leaders
CITYLIFE/ARTS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
Light at the end of the tunnel for the creative sector in 2021
Tribute to Treasure Louw, a friend and passionate photographer
A small rural book publisher thrives in Limpopo Province
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Q& A WITH 5FM Presenter Zanele Potelwa
Zanele Potelwa, also known as "Young Boomerang" by The Roger Goode Show, joined the station as a young, eager presenter along with the 5Squad last year. 5Squad were a group of newbies the station gave on-air opportunities to and Zanele shone from day one. Today she reads traffic on The Roger Goode Show (Monday – Friday, 06:00 – 09:00) as well as hosts The Takeover, Sunday 10:00 – 14:00. She recently landed a presenting gig on longstanding SABC 1 lifestyle show Selimathunzi.
CITYLIFE/ARTS: Congratulations on the presenting gig on Selimathunzi. Tell us about your journey on the show?
Zanele
Zanele: Thank you so much. I still can't believe it's real – somebody pinch me. It all started with the presenter search that SABC 1 held in 2017 for the show Mzansi Insider. I was the runner-up of the search and 2 years and 2 months later, I got a call asking me if I could stand in on the longest running magazine show in SA, Selimathunzi. I did so and today I am forever grateful to the legendary producers of Selimathunzi and of course SABC 1 for deciding that the stand-in girl over the past few months, could stay and I now get to say I am a presenter and one of the new faces on the biggest television platform in SA. Somebody pinch me again!
Q: You are passionate about radio and television, when did this love for broadcast start?
Zanele: I originally wanted to be a doctor, but as they say, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans and man did God laugh! I realized in my first year of doing a BSc that the science field wasn't for me and it just so happens that the hobby I looked for while studying towards my BCom turned into my full time job.
I joined Tuks FM which sparked the interest, but my ultimate selling point of broadcasting was when I joined the 5FM 5-Day Mentorship programme – the awesome management allowed me to hang around a little longer and observe the radio industry as a mentee.
From there, the rest is truly history, because I fell in love with every part of entertainment! I also think watching the likes of legendary Roger Goode (whom I can't believe I'm lucky enough to work with now), the iconic & beautiful Fix Moeti and all the incredible humans I'm now lucky enough to call colleagues do their thing, in their space, inspired the bright eyed 21 year old me – at the time.
CITYLIFE/ARTS: You have a great can-do attitude – how do you keep yourself motivated?
Zanele: In 2019, purpose became a very big thing for me. I believe we're all here to do something, complete a mission of sorts and I try my best to work as hard as I can towards fulfilling that purpose and honouring that feeling of knowing that I have every responsibility to live up to my potential and beyond. My Christian faith, my optimism and my belief in hard work are definitely some other big contributors to it – all of which I can thank my beautiful mom for.
CITYLIFE/ARTS: You started at 5FM with being part of our annual internship programme and made such a great impression on the team, what advice do you have for youngsters trying to get into the entertainment industry?
Zanele: I would say firstly, take every opportunity with both hands and run with it, especially when it's something as simple as making coffee, because that's your audition for the bigger tasks which are coming – be faithful with the small tasks, so that the bigger can fall into your hands. This brings me to my second point, you never ever know who is watching.
My first real job wasn't at 5FM, but it came from someone who knew the kind of person and worker I was, as a result of us working together a couple of times at 5FM. I don't believe in ever doing anything for other people, because I believe that what we love deserves our best, always, but from my experience, it is 100% true that you never know who is watching.
CITYLIFE/ARTS: What's the best part of working with the 5FM family?
Zanele: Do we have all day? Man! I love so much about being part of the 5FM family. From how much creative freedom you have as a broadcaster, to the absolutely incredible people that I get to work with and also party with because we love good times – when there's no pandemic of course. It's not only one of the most legendary stations in SA, but in terms of the 5FM family – every listener in SA and abroad – it's home to the people who wake up on the wild side of the bed, the lovers of good times and happiness and it's home to some of the most insanely hilarious humans. Our listeners make us laugh every day. 5FM is 100% just that – a family and I love it!
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The U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence rejected Roche Holding Ltd.'s breast cancer drug Kadcyla on financial grounds.
The government body, which evaluates drugs for use in the National Health Service, said the cost of the £90,000 per year drug did not justify its benefits despite a discount from the company.
NICE's decision is preliminary, however, and the government body is open to consultation.
Around 1,200 people with HER2-positive, unresectable, metastatic breast cancer would be eligible to receive Kadcyla if it were to be recommended.
Patients on Roche's Kadcyla are understood to live up to 9 months longer when compared to those taking the alternative, lapatinib plus capecitabine.


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Album review: Lawnmower Deth "Blunt Cutters"
British band Lawnmower Deth combines good fun with great music. Like a fabulous but dodgy heavy metal kebab.
Formed in Nottingham, England in 1987, Lawnmower Deth plays what their record label calls "oddball and irreverently bizarre thrash". They are not wrong. When they earlier this year played at the Bloodstock festival, one reviewer described their set as "a perfect 90 minutes of utter stupidity". Well, I wouldn't call this band's music "stupid". Crazy? Yes, absolutely. Silly? Most definitely. Bonkers? Oh, yeah. But not stupid. It takes intelligence to produce this kind of music that successfully marries great thrash metal and punk with tongue-in-cheek comedy. Lawnmower Deth's music is a weird and wonderful mix of thrash metal, hardcore punk and plain weirdness. At times it sounds like a cross of cult punksters The Toy Dolls and grindcore masters Napalm Death. It's a bit like a stinky crossbreed of Suicidal Tendencies and Monty Python. Like a casual Overkill rehearsal in the early 1980s but with the wrong members and a fucked-up setlist. Like a half-eaten kebab… Well, you get the picture.
But the really weird thing is that the end result is very good. Great band, fab songs and an overall package that works a treat for those of us who want to be entertained. I love songs such as the 45-second long "Good Morning, Phil" and "Bobblehead" (which would probably work well as a soundtrack in a gym, not that I know anything about music in gyms). The 18-track album also features terrific tracks such as "Bastard Squad", "Now He's a Priest", "I Don't Want To" and "Into the Pit". Weird and wonderful basement metal and garden shed punk. It is great entertainment. I love these thrash/punk crossover idiots. They are magnificent bastards!
Lawnmower Deth's new album "Blunt Cutters" will be released on 28th January via Dissonance Productions/Cherry Red Records.
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Air safety incidents for Aer Lingus
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Lingus A333 at New York on Dec 23rd 2022, engine trouble
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-EAV performing flight EI-106 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Dublin (Ireland), was climbing out of JFK's…
Lingus A21N at Washington on Oct 15th 2022, too hot an oven
An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200N, registration EI-LRG performing flight EI-116 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Dublin (Ireland) with 174 passengers…
Lingus A333 at Dublin on Sep 21st 2022, engine vibrations
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-FNH performing flight EI-107 from Dublin (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of…
Lingus A333 at Windsor Locks on Aug 9th 2022, engine problem
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-FNG performing flight EI-133 from Windsor Locks,CT to Boston,MA (USA) with 314 people on board, was in…
Lingus A333 near Dublin on May 17th 2022, aft door seal issues
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-DUZ performing flight EI-105 from Dublin (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 237 people on board,…
Lingus A320 near Manchester on Jan 3rd 2022, technical issue
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DVM performing flight EI-277 from Birmingham,EN (UK) to Dublin (Ireland), was enroute at FL220 about…
Lingus A333 at Dublin on Sep 5th 2021, rejected takeoff due to engine problem
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-FNG performing flight EI-123 from Dublin (Ireland) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was accelerating for…
Lingus A320 at Dublin on Nov 1st 2020, multiple bird strikes
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DVJ performing flight EI-610 from Dublin (Ireland) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was climbing out of…
Lingus A333 at Dublin on Mar 30th 2020, bird strike
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-DUZ performing flight EI-9018 from Dublin (Ireland) to Beijing (China), was in the initial climb out…
Lingus A320 at Dublin and London on Aug 12th 2019, fumes in DEO
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEO performing flight EI-182 from Dublin (Ireland) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 173 passengers and…
Lingus A320 at Geneva on Jul 24th 2015, took off around runway incursion
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEF performing flight EI-681 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Dublin (Ireland), had been cleared for…
Lingus A21N near Shannon on Dec 27th 2019, erroneous fuel flow indications
An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200N, registration EI-LRB performing flight EI-115 from Dublin (Ireland) to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute at FL330…
Lingus A320 near Dublin on Aug 30th 2019, odour on board
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DVK performing flight EI-776 from Dublin (Ireland) to Lanzarote,CI (Spain), was enroute at FL360 about…
Lingus A320 at London on Feb 3rd 2018, vehicle on runway during roll out
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-CVB performing flight EI-4211 from Lyon (France) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 164 passengers and 6…
Lingus A320 at Cork on Jul 31st 2019, engine bleed issue
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEP performing flight EI-888 from Cork (Ireland) to Malaga,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Cork when…
Lingus B752 at Dublin on Jul 20th 2019, bird strike
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBT performing flight EI-115 from Dublin (Ireland) to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was in the initial climb…
Lingus B752 near Shannon on Jul 15th 2019, de-icing fault
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBR performing flight EI-111 from Shannon (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 178 passengers and 6…
Lingus A320 near Cork on Nov 2nd 2017, smoke in cockpit
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-GAL performing flight EI-712 from Cork (Ireland) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 151 people on board,…
Lingus A332 at Dublin on Dec 28th 2017, engine shut down in flight
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200, registration EI-LAX performing flight EI-145 from Dublin (Ireland) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 262 passengers and 11…
Lingus B752 at Dublin on Nov 4th 2018, electrical issue
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBS performing flight EI-131 from Dublin (Ireland) to Hartford,CT (USA) with 137 passengers and 6 crew,…
Lingus A320 at Prague on Oct 29th 2017, lightning strike
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DVJ performing flight EI-644 from Dublin (Ireland) to Prague (Czech Republic), was on approach to…
Lingus A332 at Dublin on Oct 20th 2017, runway excursion during line up for takeoff
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200, registration EI-DAA performing flight EI-141 from Dublin (Ireland) to Miami,FL (USA), departed Dublin's runway 16 at…
Lingus A320 near Cardiff on Oct 12th 2017, fumes in cockpit
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEM performing flight EI-845 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Cork (Ireland) with 169 people on board,…
Lingus A333 at Dublin on Aug 31st 2017, hydraulic failure
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-DUZ performing flight EI-109 from Dublin (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of…
Lingus A320 at London on Aug 6th 2017, bird strike
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEL performing flight EI-911 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Knock (Ireland), departed Gatwick's runway…
Lingus A320 over Celtc Sea on Jul 26th 2017, hydraulic leak
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEA performing flight EI-896 from Cork (Ireland) to Faro (Portugal), was enroute at FL360 over the…
Lingus A321 at Naples on May 3rd 2017, bird strike
An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200, registration EI-CPE performing flight EI-451 from Naples (Italy) to Dublin (Ireland) with 148 passengers and 7 crew,…
Lingus A320 At Dublin on Oct 3rd 2015, fumes in cockpit and cabin
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DVJ performing flight EI-352 from Dublin (Ireland) to Munich (Germany) with 148 passengers and 6 crew,…
Lingus A320 near Cork on Dec 13th 2016, problem with navigation system
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEN performing flight EI-778 from Dublin (Ireland) to Lanzarote,CI (Spain) with 126 people on board,…
Lingus A320 near Shannon on Dec 1st 2016, small hydraulic indication turns out as hydraulic leak
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-EZV performing flight EI-495 from Faro (Portugal) to Dublin (Ireland) with 102 passengers and 6 crew,…
Lingus B752 near Boston on Oct 2nd 2016, engine problem
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-CJX performing flight EI-110 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Shannon (Ireland) with 115 people on board,…
Lingus B752 at New York on Jun 26th 2016, engine indication
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-CJX performing flight EI-102 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Dublin (Ireland), was climbing out of New…
Lingus A333 at Dublin on Feb 21st 2016, landing gear failed to retract
An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300, registration EI-EAV performing flight EI-105 from Dublin (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 266 passengers, was…
Lingus A321 at Dublin on Nov 20th 2015, brakes problem
An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200, registration EI-CPE performing flight EI-583 from Malaga,SP (Spain) to Dublin (Ireland), was on final approach to…
Lingus A320 at Dublin on Oct 19th 2015, nose gear steering problem
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEM performing flight EI-593 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Dublin (Ireland), was on approach to Dublin's…
Lingus A321 at Dublin on Oct 5th 2015, engine shut down in flight
An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200, registration EI-CPE performing flight EI-490 from Dublin (Ireland) to Faro (Portugal) with 181 people on board, was…
Lingus B752 at New York on Sep 28th 2015, hydraulic leak
An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBR performing flight EI-110 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Shannon (Ireland) with 115 people on board,…
Aer Lingus A320 at Malaga on Nov 7th 2013, loss of separation with Piper
A private Piper PA28 with two occupants had departed Malaga's runway 31. Shortly after an Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEA performing…
Lingus A320 near Dublin on Apr 1st 2015, fumes on board
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-EDS performing flight EI-660 from Dublin (Ireland) to Vienna (Austria) with 120 passengers, was…
Lingus A320 near Santiago de Compostela on Mar 17th 2015, first officer incapacitated
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-CVA performing flight EI-771 from Fuerteventura,CI (Spain) to Dublin (Ireland), was enroute at FL360…
Lingus B752 near Shannon on Mar 12th 2015, cabin crew accidentally injured
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WPMU subdirectories conflicting with domains that share same name.
2 question both of same nature.
1. If I have WP-Multisite subdirectories set up example: tim.mtb1701.com and ginab.mtb1701.com ; then say Joe decides to register actual domains tim.mtb1701.com and ginab.mtb1701.com with a registry; what's going to happen to my subdirectories.
Great question and I think the answer is pretty simple.
I don't believe that Joe can register tim.mtb1701.com OR ginab.mtb1701.com with a registry because he doesn't own mtb1701.com. I've tried it just to see and my reseller account kicks it back to me because I have to own the root domain in order to register subdomains. Plus, you don't have to actually register the subdomains with a registrar to actually use them do you? I think you just point the subdomains in your "A" records (or maybe it's one of the other records) for the main domain.
As an example, try to register, joe.coke.com - and you cannot do that.
Once you own the domain, I believe you own all the subdomains. Otherwise, you could go register tons of subdomains for ever popular brand on the planet.
Thank you for this great question and James Dunn is spot on with his answer, a person cannot register a sub domain of a TLD (Top Level Domain i.e. domain.com) it is virtually impossible.
James Dunn is also accurate with the fact that you do not register the sub domains to use them and he is further correct that once you own the TLD the sub domains are subject to the whim of the TLD owner.
2. How can I do manual subdomains via c-panel that would read tim.mtb1701.com and not mtb1701.com/tim ?
What I see here is that you now want to create what a Word Press sub domain installation does naturally from what is already a WordPress sub directory installation using cPanel to force the sub domain.
In cPanel add the sub domain like any sub domain, once added you then would use a redirect of the sub domain to the sub directory.
1. i have a single wordpress install on a domain. I want to create subdomains using the tim.mtb1701.org format. Then I want to have people ftp separate WP installs so I can teach them WP basics. Was wondering about the turning them into actual domains tim.holytruth.org to place in their own c-panel should they stick around long enough to get into multisite lessons.
2. I know I registered a domain kp.k.org because kpk.org was taken. So i was wondering about people high jacking my names. didn't consider the fact that kp.k is nothing like k.kpk. So! A thanks to both of you for that.
Thank you so much for letting us know and to both of you for being WPMU Dev Members!


Amandeep Drall fired four birdies and posted 12 pars in the only under-par card submitted on the second day that helped her to close in the gap to be just one shot off the leader Gursimar Badwal after the second round of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour event at the Oxford Golf Resort here on Thursday.
Pune: Amandeep Drall fired four birdies and posted 12 pars in the only under-par card submitted on the second day that helped her to close in the gap to be just one shot off the leader Gursimar Badwal after the second round of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour event at the Oxford Golf Resort here on Thursday.
More than drilling in four birdies, twelve pars that Amandeep putted in, made all the difference as the only baggage she carried was a bogey and a double bogey on the par-5 Hole No 4 that laid out an interesting situation for the third and final day of this second leg of the women's Tour event being played on back-to-back weeks in Pune.
The two-round aggregate leader Gursimar Badwal, who posted a creditable 68 on the first day, was one-over in the second round that cut her five-shot Day 1 lead to one stroke after 18 holes following a card of 75. Gursimar was five-over after 13 holes on, but three back-to-back birdies helped her to close the day with a round of 75 and stay put in contention with a two-round aggregate of one-under 143, while Amandeep was even par 144.
Tvesa Malik (73), the 2018 Hero Order of Merit winner, was lying Tied-third with rookie Sifat Alag (74) at three-over 147. Winner of the first leg, Neha Tripathi had a rough day with four-over 76 and she was fifth at five-over 149.
Ananya Datar (74) was sole sixth at 152, while Mille Saroha (74) and Gaurika Bishnoi (80), who had a disastrous four-hole run of two bogeys and two doubles bogeys between fifth and eighth, were Tied-seventh.
Afshan Fatima (78) was lying ninth, as Khushi Khanijau (77) and Suchitra Ramesh (80) were tied for tenth place.
Gursimar and Amandeep played in the lead group with Sifat being the third player. Gursimar dropped a shot on third but Amandeep had a double bogey on Par-5 fourth.
Tvesa, who had four birdies on the front nine also gave away a lot of shots as she dropped three bogeys. Yet she was the only player to turn in under-par for the front nine.
Sifat had her woes with a double on Par-4 fifth and a bogey on sixth but a birdie on seventh saw her play the first nine in two-over 38 like Gursimar. On the back nine, Gursimar dropped three shots in four holes between 10th and 13th at which point all her lead had disappeared. That's also when Gursimar staged a fine fight back for three birdies in a row from 14th to 16th.
Amandeep added birdies on 13th and 14th but Gursimar's three-in-a-row gave her a two-shot lead yet again. However, the bogey on 18th meant she was just one clear of Amandeep at the end of the second day.
Tvesa, after being one-under for the front nine, made no headway on the back nine and in fact slipped back with two-over 38, with bogeys on 12th and 14th and no birdies.
She was tied-third with Sifat, who during the day had three birdies, three bogeys and a double in her 74.


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Specifically, the 2018 Chevy Traverse is great for larger families or drivers with an active lifestyle here in the Rockies. That's because it offers up to 98.2 cubic feet of cargo space and can seat up to eight occupants. Legroom for second- and third-row passengers is more spacious than ever before in the Traverse, and fuel economy has also been improved to 25 miles per gallon on the highway.
The Chevy Malibu, though not as popular up here in the mountains, is great for single drivers or drivers with small families. It took home the win in the sedan category due to its roomy rear seats, the awesome Bose® sound system upgrade, and available Teen Driver technology, as well as a long list of other safety features that are more advanced than those of the competition.
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PHD #437: Better The Heart
IC Timeline » Roleplay Logs » Season 3: What Rough Beast » PHD #437: Better The Heart
Better The Heart
Summary: Bunny and Sweet Pea finally have that talk they've been putting off since the Areion.
Date: 09 May 2042 AE
Related Logs: Probably more, but From Hell's Heart for sure.
Deck 9 - Hallway
The floorplating along the corridors of the Cerberus are standard military. Their forged steel plates are welded seamlessly together to run nearly the entire length of each hallway. The hallways themselves are the typical load-bearing structural design of the angled quadrilateral. Oxygen scrubbers and lighting recesses are found at nearly perfect intervals throughout the angled passageways.
A somewhat off-kilter hour hour serves to discover the Bunny emerging from the chapel looking as though he'd just caught a nap in there, lidded-eyed and off-duties comfortably arrayed, fingers hooked underneath bootlaces as he places foot after foot, peaceful, like one hypnotized, set in a trance, a somnambulist molded after a curly-haired Endymion, his other hand reaching toward the memorial wall, not quite touching a photo here and there, but training his eye along it.
Nothing so soul-worthy for Leyla, as she makes her way along the corridor, working her way through the corridor from the stairs. Her final destination not readily apparent, but there must be one, for her to be on the deck at all, at this hour, when she should be heading back down to four for some sleep, or to the sims. The approaching man's noticed, offered a nod, a quiet, "Bunny."
Evandreus lifts his hand, bringing the boots around behind his back, pinning hand to his shoulder as he meets Leyla's eyes with a warm but tired smile. "Hey, guy," he tells her, voice wavering in the higher registers, kept light, not unlike a whisper. His other hand's held out at a sort of awkward angle, as if for a handshake with the wrong hand. "Do you got a sec?"
Though being left-handed, rather than right, it's not really the wrong hand for Leyla, and a glove is slipped off, and the hand offered, if the taller pilot has the desire to take it, the small travel pack shifted onto her right shoulder, "Of course I do, for you. What did you need?" She does come to a halt, not close enough to invade the man's personal space, but not far enough for it to be a struggle to bridge the distance either.
Evandreus easily slides the hand into Leyla's hand, fitting there as had always, bits of a puzzle locking into place. "I just wanted to talk. I feel like I've had a lot of anger in me, recently — ever since Areion — stored up and… I've been pushing a lot of people away. Including you. I hate what anger does to a person, Leyla. And I hate what it does to me, most of all. And I miss you, a lot."
"I wasn't sure you were ever going to speak to me again, after what happened with the Areion," is the smaller woman's soft answer, fingers intertwining with Bunny's, keeping him close, without making it impossible for him to break away. "So I gave you space. Let you have your wings, just in case you needed to fly away. But there hasn't been a day when I haven't missed you, BunBun."
Evandreus' eyes start up their customary leaking— it wouldn't be a tender scene unless the Bunny was crying, after all. "It's true, then," he reasons softly. "I never even…" he shakes his head, "I never even asked you about it," he finally manages out, sounding most regretful on that point.
"Most people haven't. Even less have been inclined to talk about it. It wasn't something to brag about. A notch to put on the proverbial bedpost. In the end it wasn't just Kepner, Bunny, it was all of them, on that deck, or nearly so. They were as mad as he was. Most of them determined to fight to the last man, even after he fell, to kill us all. And we followed orders. Even that one, to put down resistance. And I followed my orders. And it was bloody and brutal and terrible." Unlike the Bunny, Leyla does have a hand free, and light fingertips brush away the first fall of tears.
Evandreus has more where those came from, and they spring out after Leyla's fingers as if trying to catch up to them even as the Bunny turns his head in toward Leyla, bent in something more shame than grief. "I'm so sorry, Lala. You shouldn't have had to…" jaws clench shut over whatever was coming out next, and he draws in a deep breath through clogged nostrils in a deep sniff.
"None of us should have had to, but it was done." Leyla doesn't try to stop the rest of the tears, instead shifting to draw the man down to one of the benches set out across from the wall for the use of the visitors. There are some she knows there, most that she doesn't, but it isn't the honoured dead that have her attention, but the cherished living, "Sit a while, BunBun. I'm here."
Evandreus gets led like a little bootless lamb, settling down onto the bench and settling his face into Leyla's shoulder, his own shoulders rising shakily and then falling as he endeavors to calm himself with a deep breath, letting his boots down on the bench at his other side and freeing up his other hand to use as a tissue in preference to Leyla's tanks. "I don't get it. I don't get any reason for any of it at all, and it's -so frustrating- to just… watch what's left of people everywhere falling apart on one another."
With the man now settled beside her, Leyla reaches around, arms encircling the bigger man, settling him against her side, his head on her shoulder, gentle and careful as if he were made of something precious and fragile, which, in many ways, he just might be, "People hate, Bunny. You've seen it here, you've seen how it can warp you, twist you. Destroy you, until nothing is left inside of you that used to be human. That was the Areion, almost to the man. And certainly Baer and Kepner. You don't understand, because I think you lack the ability to hate so deeply and so darkly that it destroys everything inside of you. And I hope you never learn."
"I need to get over it. It's done, now," Bunny breathes. "It's over. If I could get over the end of the world, I should be able to get over this. It gets harder, though," he sniffs, huddling tremorishly into Leyla's arms. "It seems like every time something happens it's just that much harder to cope. I keep saying… this is just how things are. This is how people have always been. Nothing new under the sun," he whispers to himself and to Leyla, as if a sort of prayer he's been clutching at fruitlessly for weeks.
"You can't flip a switch and not care, Bunny. Not you. You are too good, to kind, too gentle, not to feel so deeply. Your mourn in a way most of us can't, anymore. And there's goodness in that. You remind us of what it means to live and love and hope, for the good things in this life. You remind us that all is not darkness and death. perhaps, in the end, you do what most of us can't. And there's no shame in that, my dear." Soft rocking, as leyla cradles the man, easing what she can of his pain, little as that might be.
Evandreus does begin to relax, that rigid shuddering of his shoulders easing into something more restful as he's held and rocked, the inner child in him tapped into and soothed by the warmth and closeness he's missed for weeks now, having pushed Leyla away, having pushed Vandy away, having pushed Solstice away, his whole herd of cuddlebuddies lost one at a time. "Wish I could, sometimes, though. It hurts so much," he whispers, but more calmly. "I went back to my stash, right after," he admits, even more quietly. "But only once. I had a couple more acupuncture appointments, and those are… calming. Been at the chapel a lot. And Short Kal puts me in baby coma almost every time I sit."
A light hand, fingercombing through curly locks, as Leyla settles, allowing Bunny to rest against her, to feel comfortable sharing his weight and his burden, "Because you fight against it, my dear. You don't want to feel angry, or hateful or uncertain, so you try not to be. But those feelings fester, and linger. And they can grow so dark and so large they shut out everything else. It's alright to feel them, Bunny, and once you do, let them fade, let them fill your river and flow away."
"You're so good, Lala," Bunny whispers, "You're so…" silence claims his voice again. "I never wanted to believe that you could do that. I was so mad at you for… not being the way I wanted you to be. But it wasn't fair of me to ask that of you. You just did what you had to do."
"I try to be the best that I can be, Bunny. I don't know if that qualifies as good. I know that I would have gone to whatever end to save Mark, and Toast, and every one of our people who were taken. Same as I would have if it had been you, or Flasher, or Maggie or any of the people I care about. Now it's gone, over, done with, and I want to think that I would never go to those lengths again, but I know that isn't true." Leyla remains in that slow, easy position, seeming to take as much comfort from holding as Bunny seems to from being held.
Evandreus doesn't honestly know how he feels over Lala's profession that she'd have done the same for him. It just sits there, uncomfortable, in his innards, a strange morbid see-saw of life versus life. His face, rosy-cheeked from tears, goes pallid, otherwise, almost green, as if ill, but he doesn't vomit anything but a querulous quiet, re-adjusting his head on Leyla's shoulder. "Can I stay with you tonight?" he asks of her, the only thing he can think to ask.
She did promise him, once, a long time ago, to be honest. And honesty can sometimes be the cruelest gift of all. But she doesn't shy away from it. This is Leyla, with all of the good, and all of the bad pieces, laid bare for Bunny's eyes. "Of course, Bunny, of course. You're always welcome to stay with me. You always were." Whatever he might now think of her, to Leyla, Bunny is still Bunny, and she takes comfort in that.
Evandreus squeezes his eyes shut, wobbling his head in a vague nod. "I need to stop by sickbay before that, though. I've got… my head hurts, it just feels… you know, sinuses hurt," he warbles plaintively. The stress is in his head… or his sinuses are filled with snot.
"I can walk you down, if you like. Or if you prefer, I can go get the bunk ready, if you were on your way to a nap now." There's only so much, or so far she's willing to push him. Anymore might break what fragile connection they've managed to rebuild, it if indeed currently exists. "Someone needs to take care of you for a while."
"Just a pill or two," Evan murmurs, "Thanks, Lala," he tells her, not seeming apt to move, just yet, despite his fussing about going by the bay. "You'll be a great mum." Where did that come from? Who knows. Presumably Evan simply considers it the next logical step after marriage.
A smile, soft and perhaps a bit sad, but tucked as her head is on his shoulder, her face looking back over his back, that's mostly hidden from the Bunny, "Perhaps one day, when the world has changed, and if Mark still seems amiable." Leyla, as seems the norm, allows Bunny to set the pace.
Evandreus gives a soft groan, as if pained, eyes, already shut, squeezing tighter shut. "Mark," he murmurs. "I yelled at him, too, right after the thing. I think," he amends. Those few days were kind of a blur. He sort of remembers uncomfortable words exchanged, which tend to be amplified in his memory into yelling. "Will you tell him I'm sorry, for me?"
"You don't need to worry about Mark. He doesn't let anything get under his skin, not like that. I'll send on the apologies, but I doubt very highly that he will even remember that it happened. And he never holds grudges. So don't worry on his account." There's a softness, in Leyyla's voice, at the mention of the ChEng, a wistfulness, for the levity with which he seems to view the world.
Evandreus lets a deep breath pass him by, wordless, accepting the information and distilling it into a droplet of relief to soothe the troubled twisting in his mind. "You're getting on, well, then?" It might seem an odd question to ask of a married couple, but, given the proximity between first meeting and the wedlock, maybe not entirely out of place.
But then, the right things don't always take time. "We're good, you know? We don't get to see each other as often as we would like. But we make up for it when we do. we try to get as much into a few hours as most people probably would in a few days. I like to think he's good for me, and I'm good for him. I don't really know what else there is. Just to try to be good to each other, love and care for each other. We're happy."
"That's good. You should have that," Bunny goes on, sounding content enough with the explanation. "I kind of started dating someone," he admits softly— and, well, maybe it's just the headache, but it seems to sound more disappointed than thrilled. "I mean. It's nice," he goes on, as if even he could hear that in his tone of voice. "It's just not… that. Y'know." After being madly, deeply, heart-shatteringly in love for most of his adult life, the second time around has a hard time measuring up, presumably. "But we're still just kind of getting to know one another. Hanging out, sometimes, is all."
"Some things take time, Bunny. And everyone is different. Not better or worse. It's good that you're taking it slow, giving yourself time to learn about them, about yourself, and how you re together." Like she once did for a certain Marine, Leyla doesn't pry, or try to ask for more information than is being given. She simply accepts what's offered and tries to offer what she can in repayment.
Evandreus headwobbles again, and even makes to stand up, keeping his hand clutched in Leyla's as though to take her with him, boots dangling at his leg as he stretches his back. "It's not like I remember it feeling, that's all. I guess it's never the first time all over again, though. It doesn't help much that he's so far back in the closet I think I found a couple of my old sweater vests the last time we got together," he adds, summoning up a cheeky little smile after his usual fashion, though it fades into something more fond. "I guess if nothing else ensues, I can at least help him try to feel a little more okay with who he is, at least."
Leyla rises, easily enough, unfolding herself from the couch, allowing Bunny to lead now, rather than herself, "I don't have much experience with love, to tell you the truth, not like that. Mark was the first." And obviously, he's now the only, "But I would imagine, that like all memories, which are always selective, seeing more of the good than the bad, that it's hard to separate the nostalgia for what you had with the newness of what you have. The past was a known quantity, this is new and untried. But maybe it's what you need, you know? Even if it is new and he's still hiding. Maybe you both need to discover each other in your own time." And as they make their way up to medical, she offers, "And you might look good in a sweater vest."
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Pig Progress number 10 and the long anticipated special Alternative Growth Promotion are now available online.
'Boars' is the buzz word in the number 10 issue of Pig Progress, as there are so many questions to be solved. Raising boars, after all, evokes questions of feeding boars separately from gilts – but what is a good boar-specific diet? And can we reduce the chances of boar taint occurrence by giving smart nutrition?
The French also recently organised a congress about this topic and Pig Progress was present to report the French views on it. And if boar finishing would not work out in the end? Well, then there's always immunovaccination, as a Flemish pork producer will testify.
Other reviews will look back to Agromek in Denmark and Biomin's World Nutrition Forum in Singapore.
Following the success of Piglet Feeding the new Special Edition focuses on Alternative Growth Promotion.
The magazine covers a broad range of topics – a history of antibiotic use, up-to-date views from the US to China on what could be the best strategies to promote growth – and what place there can be for usage of antibiotics in 2013. In addition, management and animal health approaches and of course plenty of nutritional advice how to achieve good performance without the use of antimicrobials.
The 48-page issue is not to be missed by anybody who would like to be fully updated with the latest developments in international swine production.


The source of alcohol craving may be a pea-sized structure deep inside the right side of the brain, according to scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Using two different kinds of advanced brain imaging techniques (PET and fMRI), the researchers compared the results of giving beer drinkers a taste of their favorite beer versus a sports drink. After tasting the beer the participants reported increased desire to drink beer, whereas the sports drink did not provoke as much desire for beer. The brain scans showed that the beer flavor induced more activity in both frontal lobes and in the right ventral striatum of the subjects' brains than did the sports drink. Read more.


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Q: Does Maven build "thread safe" for snapshot projects? I have a question regarding parallel maven build. If several maven builds are running in same machine at the same time, and some build results are used by other builds with snapshot version dependency, what will happen? Can maven handle such situation and get correct snapshot version?

A: See the explanations here:
Maven concurrent builds on CI server
In other words. The behaviour in such cases is not defined, cause the access to the local repository is not thread safe.
So i would avoid such things.

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NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - World stocks sold off sharply for a second straight session on Monday on persistent concerns over global economic growth, while benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields held near more than one-year lows.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.66 percent, as Wall Street's main indexes opened lower.
Following a steep sell-off in stocks on Friday, investors were still digesting weak U.S. factory data last week that prompted an inversion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve, which is widely seen as an indicator of an economic recession.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 66.95 points, or 0.26 percent, to 25,435.37, the S&P 500 lost 8.77 points, or 0.31 percent, to 2,791.94 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 40.64 points, or 0.53 percent, to 7,602.02.
Major U.S. indexes on Friday posted their biggest one-day declines since Jan 3.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index lost 0.64 percent.
Benchmark U.S. 10-year notes last rose 9/32 in price to yield 2.4248 percent, from 2.455 percent late on Friday, when the yield fell as low as 2.418 percent, its lowest since January 2018.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.2 percent, with the euro up 0.11 percent to $1.1324.
Oil prices fell, with concerns of a sharp economic slowdown overshadowing support from tighter supply due to OPEC's production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.
U.S. crude fell 1.27 percent to $58.29 per barrel and Brent was last at $66.59, down 0.66 percent on the day.